From elevated positions, Ukrainian defenders systematically destroyed six waves of Russian armor attempting to outflank Malaya Loknya, turning frozen supply routes into killing zones.
Ukrainian soldiers absorbed waves of North Korean infantry and Russian armoured attacks, while using drone-dropped mines and precise artillery to turn the fields into a killing zone.
Russia's strategy of using North Korean "meat waves" to slow Ukrainian advances in Kursk backfired when the 80th Air Assault Brigade's modern weapons and tactics systematically dismantled the outdated human wave attacks.
Taking advantage of overstretched Russian defenses and frozen terrain, Ukrainian forces have outmaneuvered extensive minefields to strike at a crucial logistics hub
A Russian attempt to capture high ground near Terny in early December collapsed as Ukrainian forces systematically eliminated stranded troops and armored vehicles.
After North Korean troops failed to dislodge Ukrainian forces from Kursk, Russia's decision to redeploy elite units from Donbas led to devastating losses from precision HIMARS strikes, which eliminated Russian command staff and staging areas.
Russian generals' strategy to seize the strategic Kursk salient through Kruglenkoe backfired as North Korean troops, used to compensate for Russian personnel shortages, demonstrated fatal inexperience against modern Ukrainian drone tactics.
North Korean-secured positions meant to provide Russian forces a decisive advantage in capturing Novoivanovka instead led to their BTR column disintegration under precise defensive fire, forcing troops to abandon vehicles in panic.
A North Korean contingent operating in Kursk Oblast destroyed multiple vehicles of their own allies, killing eight Chechen Spetsnaz soldiers after mistaking them for Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian drone footage reveals Moscow's desperate tactics to conceal foreign assistance, as North Korean troops sustain heavy losses leading assaults in Kursk Oblast.
Heat signatures in snowy terrain exposed concentrated North Korean formations to precision artillery strikes of Ukrainians, disrupting their attempts to mass forces for a breakthrough toward strategic Malaya Loknya in Kursk Oblast.
North Koreans are successfully countered in Kursk Oblast through advanced drone warfare tactics, exposing their combat readiness and adaptability deficiencies.
North Korean troops secured a position in the northern forest through mass attacks but failed to properly conceal their forces, leaving them exposed to Ukrainian artillery and drone strikes.